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| Turning point in individual developmentnin which conflicts can be resolved pos-strengthening the ego or neg weakening it. |
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| Strengthening of the ego that emerges following the sucessful resolution of a crisis associated with one of the developmental stages. |
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| Belief that others are reliable; it stems from the recipient of consistent and affectionate treatment of mothers durning the first stage of development. |
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| Belief that others cannot be trusted; it results from the mother's failure to act in a consistent and affectionate manner toward her infant. |
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| Optimistic belief that persistant wishes and goals can be attained. |
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| Sense of independence that individuals experience if they sucessfully resolve conflicts during the second stage of life. |
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| A virtue that involves youngsters' determination to exercise free choice in making decisions ans not be controlled by others. |
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| Negative state in which youngsters feel unable to make their own judgments or to exercise control over their own lives, as a result of faulty parenting in the anal stage. |
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| Feeling that one has control over ones outcomes and can therefore be the source of ideas or action. |
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| Feeling of wrongdoing experienced by youngsters when they show inappropriate behavior and are punished for it. |
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| A virtue that emerges when parents guide their children into socially desirable activities, as a result, the children set(in a preliminary fashion)life goals. |
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| Sense of satisfaction that accrues to children as a result of being actively engaged in learning new skills and completeing tasks. |
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| Negative outcome of the fourth stage of development; in this state children feel that they are incompetant failures. |
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| Strength in healthy children, involving the ablility to make things and complete tasks. |
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| Multifaceted concept that involves knowing who you are and where you are going, as well as what you are not and do not want to be;the unified sense of self as uniquely different from others. |
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| A developmental turning point, associated primarily with adolescence, in which basic choices need to be made by the person in various life areas. (For example- decisions and commitments made about career, a mate, and ideology to live by.) |
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| State in adolescence in which young people cannot decide on their proper life goals. |
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| Sense of loyalty and commitment to friends ans coworkers ans to a value system; fidelity results from the positive resolution of conflicts during adolescence. |
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| Commitment to values and roles that are unacceptable to society. |
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| Ablility of people with mature egos to become one with their partner without losing their separate sense of identity. |
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| Inability to take chances with one's identity by sharing true intimacy. |
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| In middle-aged adults, the sustained effort to develop into creative and productive human beings who use their skills and knowledge to help develop and maintain societal institutions without successful generations we would not survive. |
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| Feeling of being unproductive and useless that stems from and inability to care for something or someone. |
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